Quotes About Tolerance

Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.

When we'd started working together, I'd assumed it would be a question of putting up with Pritkin; then suddenly the stupid hair was making me smile, and the sporadic heroics were making my heart jump and the constant bitching had me wanting to kiss him quiet.

He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird

Judgment does not win others over. Kindness does.

Just saying, things ain't always bad just 'cause you don't understand 'em or ain't like 'em. That's like thinking anybody who's smarter or faster is dangerous just 'cause they got more brains or quicker feet. Ain't fair. Peeps can't help how they're born.

Akl?n?zda belli bir araba var m? Bayan Lane?'' O gece mavi yakay? istiyordum.''Viper.'' ''Onu alman?za niçin izin vereyim?'' ''Çünkü bana borçlusun.'' ''Size neden borçluyum?'' ''Çünkü sana tahammül ediyorum.

But this healer, like so many others, was afraid of what was different and thus condemned it. Ignorance translated into fear, which quickly became persecution.

You're no joy to live with, I can tell you that!" "I smile sometimes. I even laughed about your Ã¢â'¬Â¦ hat.

Do what you can to avoid or neutralize conversations which put people down. Think with your heart.

Be a kind person. Yes, even to jerks. Let them be a jerk. You be a kind person.

We have an understanding. I don't laugh at his skirt, and he doesn't rip my head off." -Fi Skirata

Sometimes, even if you know the answer, you've got to let the other person take a shot. If they feel wrong all the time, they never get the chance to feel right.

It's unfortunate in that it's only a step away from mere name-calling,

When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.

So laß mir meinen Glauben, wie ich Dir den Deinigen lasse!

Workers, farmers, and small business people will not tolerate for any length of time a pattern of economic organization in which they are subject to periodic dramatic fluctuations in their daily economic circumstances.

The Open Society and Its Enemies

if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.—In

Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. [...] We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell. Only if we give up our authoritarian attitude in the realm of opinion, only if we establish the attitude of give and take, of readiness to learn from other people, can we hope to control acts of violence inspired by piety and duty.

If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.

There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our own opinions.

Popularity comes from allowing yourself to be bored by people while pretending to enjoy it.